REVISITING IDEAL GASES AND PROPOSAL OF A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT FOR DETERMINING ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IN THE LABORATORY Leonardo M. Da Silva Arthur H. de Castro 10.6084/m9.figshare.6943781.v1 https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/REVISITING_IDEAL_GASES_AND_PROPOSAL_OF_A_SIMPLE_EXPERIMENT_FOR_DETERMINING_ATMOSPHERIC_PRESSURE_IN_THE_LABORATORY/6943781 <div><p>Relevant historical aspects concerning ideal gases were briefly reviewed to provide a condensed resource for the undergraduate student of chemistry. The importance of the barometer and the concept of atmospheric pressure were reviewed and discussed. A combination of Boyle's law with the well-known equation for determining the pressure produced by a column of stationary fluid was used to obtain a graphical method for determining atmospheric pressure under isothermal conditions in the laboratory. Important aspects related to the study of ideal gases were reviewed in light of the pressure-volume data that can be obtained by physical chemistry students using a simple apparatus composed of a commercial hypodermic syringe connected to a mercury manometer. Relevant concepts associated with the measurement of a physical quantity, the importance of linear regression, as well as the use of a graphical method to test the validity of a theory were reviewed from a pedagogical perspective through the experimental study of Boyle's law during regular experimental physical chemistry classes.</p></div> 2018-08-08 02:45:17 ideal gases Boyle's law atmospheric pressure hypodermic syringe experiments in physical chemistry